Jack Knoxville | SpeakerHub

Personal Details

Current position (2)

Executive Director

Trans Empowerment Project

Distributed Organizing Technology & Community Mgr

Sierra Club

Achievements (2)

1st trans man to run for political office in the southern US

Ran as a write-in candidate for mayor of Knoxville, TN in 2015.

Founder of Trans Empowerment Project

Created a 501c3 to address the systemic disparities between QTIPOC and their cis-counterparts. The organization's mission is to move the Trans* community out of crisis and into empowerment.

Degrees (1)

Graphic Design

Full Sail University

2016 to 2017

Bio

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Building Power

Jack Knoxville is an award winning, multi-racial, Disabled, Trans Activist & Digital Strategist whose work focuses on building power for marginalized communities.

In 2015, Jack became the first trans-man to run for political office in the Southern United States and since founded a non-profit known as Trans Empowerment Project.

Trans Empowerment Project is one of the largest providers of direct aid for the Queer, Trans, and Intersex communities nationwide.

Jack has also worked for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, as a digital organizer, and is the current Distributed Organizing Technology and Digital Communities Manager for Sierra Club.

When they're not working on swatting down white supremacy, Jack can be found watching Doctor Who, experimenting with art and music, or spending time with his family.

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Presentations

Presentations (1)

Intersectional Allyship

This presentation was a discussion on what intersectionality is and how our identities impact the ways each of us show up and are received in the world around us.
This conversation encouraged audience members to examine their own identities and biases, as they begin to show up as equitable leaders in their own communities.

Past talks (1)

Finding Power Despite Feeling Powerlessness

Trans Empowerment Month Key Note Speech

Virtual

October 6, 2022